Poignancy: Mixed emotional experience in the face of meaningful endings
Poignancy: Mixed emotional experience in the face of meaningful endings
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DOI：
10.1037/0022-3514.94.1.158
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Carstensen, Laura L.
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作者：
Ersner-Hershfield, Hal;Mikels, Joseph A.;Carstensen, Laura L.
随着年龄的增长，复杂情绪的体验也会增加。社会情绪选择理论认为，复杂的情绪与时间范围的变化有关。从理论上讲，对未来时间的感知约束会增加对生活的欣赏，这反过来又会激发积极的情绪，如幸福。然而，同样的时间限制提高了人们的意识，即这些积极的体验会结束，从而产生复杂的情绪状态。在两项研究中，作者检查了预期结局的意识和混合情绪体验之间的联系。在研究1中，参与者反复想象自己身处一个有意义的地方。实验条件下的参与者想象最后一次处于有意义的位置。只有那些在有意义的地点想象“最后一次”的参与者经历了更多的复杂情绪。在研究2中，大四学生在毕业当天报告了他们的情绪。当参与者被提醒他们正在经历的结局时，复杂的情绪会更高。研究结果表明，辛酸是一种与有意义的结局相关的情感体验。
The experience of mixed emotions increases with age. Socioemotional selectivity theory suggests that mixed emotions are associated with shifting time horizons. Theoretically, perceived constraints on future time increase appreciation for life, which, in turn, elicits positive emotions such as happiness. Yet, the very same temporal constraints heighten awareness that these positive experiences come to an end, thus yielding mixed emotional states. In 2 studies, the authors examined the link between the awareness of anticipated endings and mixed emotional experience. In Study 1, participants repeatedly imagined being in a meaningful location. Participants in the experimental condition imagined being in the meaningful location for the final time. Only participants who imagined "last times" at meaningful locations experienced more mixed emotions. In Study 2, college seniors reported their emotions on graduation day. Mixed emotions were higher when participants were reminded of the ending that they were experiencing. Findings suggest that poignancy is an emotional experience associated with meaningful endings.